Made it to the first destination. Not much to report. Back a bit sore, I will buckle into the harness tomorrow that helps.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Dragon Time
First update in a very long time.
It's Dragon time. I will be heading out shortly for my annual pilgrimage to Fontana Village to attend MOTD (MINI's On the Dragon).
The first leg of the trip will be short. Heading to Windsor for the night. The Beer Store in Sarnia is unable to get the beers I want for the Brew Swap, an even where people swap beers. I wanted some La fin du monde and Trois Pistoles but neither is stocked here nor were they willing to get me some (insert my I hate the LCBO/Beer Store rant here). Windsor has some so I might as well save myself a bit of time in the morning and I get to Spend some time with my friends Phil and Tina.
Tomorrow I head out to Louisville bright, well it will still be dark and early.
Not sure how often I will update due to not so reliable WIFI but I will attempt to blog every night and save the entries until I have a good internet connection.
It's Dragon time. I will be heading out shortly for my annual pilgrimage to Fontana Village to attend MOTD (MINI's On the Dragon).
The first leg of the trip will be short. Heading to Windsor for the night. The Beer Store in Sarnia is unable to get the beers I want for the Brew Swap, an even where people swap beers. I wanted some La fin du monde and Trois Pistoles but neither is stocked here nor were they willing to get me some (insert my I hate the LCBO/Beer Store rant here). Windsor has some so I might as well save myself a bit of time in the morning and I get to Spend some time with my friends Phil and Tina.
Tomorrow I head out to Louisville bright, well it will still be dark and early.
Not sure how often I will update due to not so reliable WIFI but I will attempt to blog every night and save the entries until I have a good internet connection.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Road trip time
Greetings all,
It's been a while but I am back. I am off on a road trip tomorrow. I will be headed to the Louisville KY area for the week end plus a few day to visit a couple friends. Saturday we make our way to Kings Island amusement park, it has been a long time since I have been to an amusement park so it should be a good time. Sunday I may join in on a MINI drive to natural bridge. After that it's pretty open for whatever as long as I am back home for work Wednesday morning. \i will update if I can from the road.
It's been a while but I am back. I am off on a road trip tomorrow. I will be headed to the Louisville KY area for the week end plus a few day to visit a couple friends. Saturday we make our way to Kings Island amusement park, it has been a long time since I have been to an amusement park so it should be a good time. Sunday I may join in on a MINI drive to natural bridge. After that it's pretty open for whatever as long as I am back home for work Wednesday morning. \i will update if I can from the road.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
A change in plans
Greetings all,
I got a couple things to say tonight.
First I decided a weekly update is too much. I will still try and post something weekly but if I have nothing to say well I simply won't post.
Second the fall Dragon trip has been cancelled. I still have the week booked off at work, I have no immediate plans to unbook it for now. Why you ask? Well cost is the simple answer. It's not that it would be a super expensive trip, but more that I should be spending right now. I will be going a a shorter road trip though. The plan for now is Louisville Kentucky to visit some friends for the week end plus a day or two. Beyond that nothing much set up yet, I would like to go back to a restaurant I visited there a couple years ago Lilliy's.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
The date is picked
Well I booked the week of October 10th off. No real plans beyond that, I may work something out this week end when in Toronto with the boys.
As I said just above there I will be in Toronto this week end. No real plans other than hanging out with my boys. I will also be returning my awesome but broken headlight the Mountain equipment Co-Op. It broke a few months after I got it, otherwise it was great. The sucky part from my recent visit to their site it appears as though they no longer carry that model, hopefully I can get another one.
That is all for now off to play with the nephew.
As I said just above there I will be in Toronto this week end. No real plans other than hanging out with my boys. I will also be returning my awesome but broken headlight the Mountain equipment Co-Op. It broke a few months after I got it, otherwise it was great. The sucky part from my recent visit to their site it appears as though they no longer carry that model, hopefully I can get another one.
That is all for now off to play with the nephew.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Fall trip
Greetings,
I picked a date for the Fall trip. I will be going for the week of October 10, AKA Thanksgiving week. It's not set in stone quite yet but it looks as though trying to get more that two people to agree on a date may be difficult. That being said, while it would be fun to have friends there if it comes to it I will simply go alone. Not much planning has happened yet but I think I will take a few d-tours on the way. The most likely choice at this point is getting onto the Blue ridge parkway to check it out. I won't do the whole things but I would like to see/drive it. After that I am not sure yet.
There will be a short camping trip coming up. Heading back to the Port Elgin area but this time we will be at MacGregor Point this is where I originally wanted the Brucedale trip to be at but it was booked. Just one night this time with Phil and Tina. Should be fun.
I picked a date for the Fall trip. I will be going for the week of October 10, AKA Thanksgiving week. It's not set in stone quite yet but it looks as though trying to get more that two people to agree on a date may be difficult. That being said, while it would be fun to have friends there if it comes to it I will simply go alone. Not much planning has happened yet but I think I will take a few d-tours on the way. The most likely choice at this point is getting onto the Blue ridge parkway to check it out. I won't do the whole things but I would like to see/drive it. After that I am not sure yet.
There will be a short camping trip coming up. Heading back to the Port Elgin area but this time we will be at MacGregor Point this is where I originally wanted the Brucedale trip to be at but it was booked. Just one night this time with Phil and Tina. Should be fun.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Camping at Brucedale
Camping was a success!
Last Friday I got up early and headed up north to go camping. I had booked a site at Brucedale conservation area, right on lake Huron. The drive up was pleasant and mostly uneventful. Sadly I did take out a bird, he was flying very low across the road and I drove over him. There was no thud or anything but I did see many feathers when I looked in my mirror. I would like to think he just got a little brained but I fear he didn't make it. I was quite close to the lake pretty much the whole way up but only caught a few glimpses along the way, roads in south western Ontario can be a bit dull. I did have some good tunes though. I made a playlist of 90's eurodance music, it was great.
I arrived at Brucedale, it is a nice wooded area. I went and registered then found my site, sort of. The site was unmarked, I asked my neighbours and they didn't seem to think site 55 existed, but I did have the right spot. I started setting up while waiting for my friends to show up. I had not had lunch yet so I decided to head to nearby Port Elgin. During Lunch I got a text from Colin saying they were also eating and would be arriving in about an hour and a half. I headed back to the campground.
Colin eventually arrived with his girlfriend Euphemia and her friend Bing. We set up the rest of camp and relaxed for the rest of the evening.
On Saturday we wanted to go the the beach.The beach at Brucedale (I had been warned when I reserved) was not very nice, more of a march really so we headed back to Port Elgin to find the beach. It was actually a pretty nice. We basically spent the whole day there. We had a late dinner back at the campground and ended up missing the small fireworks show held near the beach. Once again we relaxed and hung out. I tried Colin's hammock tend that night. It's basically a hammock that is enclosed for camping, I found it pretty comfortable but a little cool on the backside.
Sunday we pretty much broke camp and headed home. Despite not sounding very exciting I had a great time, it was about relaxing after all. I also got to meet two new friends, hopefully we get to hang out again soon.
Last Friday I got up early and headed up north to go camping. I had booked a site at Brucedale conservation area, right on lake Huron. The drive up was pleasant and mostly uneventful. Sadly I did take out a bird, he was flying very low across the road and I drove over him. There was no thud or anything but I did see many feathers when I looked in my mirror. I would like to think he just got a little brained but I fear he didn't make it. I was quite close to the lake pretty much the whole way up but only caught a few glimpses along the way, roads in south western Ontario can be a bit dull. I did have some good tunes though. I made a playlist of 90's eurodance music, it was great.
I arrived at Brucedale, it is a nice wooded area. I went and registered then found my site, sort of. The site was unmarked, I asked my neighbours and they didn't seem to think site 55 existed, but I did have the right spot. I started setting up while waiting for my friends to show up. I had not had lunch yet so I decided to head to nearby Port Elgin. During Lunch I got a text from Colin saying they were also eating and would be arriving in about an hour and a half. I headed back to the campground.
Colin eventually arrived with his girlfriend Euphemia and her friend Bing. We set up the rest of camp and relaxed for the rest of the evening.
On Saturday we wanted to go the the beach.The beach at Brucedale (I had been warned when I reserved) was not very nice, more of a march really so we headed back to Port Elgin to find the beach. It was actually a pretty nice. We basically spent the whole day there. We had a late dinner back at the campground and ended up missing the small fireworks show held near the beach. Once again we relaxed and hung out. I tried Colin's hammock tend that night. It's basically a hammock that is enclosed for camping, I found it pretty comfortable but a little cool on the backside.
Sunday we pretty much broke camp and headed home. Despite not sounding very exciting I had a great time, it was about relaxing after all. I also got to meet two new friends, hopefully we get to hang out again soon.
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